Is there a difference between a web designer and web developer?

Answer 1

Web developers are often thought of as left-brained workers. Skills from technical ability and thinking to logic are an essential part of their repertoires. Web developers may have degrees in a variety of fields such as computer science or programming. Most employers will require a portfolio during the hiring process.

The designer may not always be the person writing the code and in some cases can work independently of the team who will take a website design live.

Much of a designer’s job is creative and uses both intuition and imagination, often characteristics of people who are considered right-brained. People in this field may continue their educations in a variety of fields but are most commonly drawn to graphic design and the arts. Designers collect work portfolios to showcase their projects for potential employers.

Answer 2

web designer is the one who creates the visual stuff(beautiful visuals of web page), frontend stuff. web developer is a one who creates the stuff which you can't see server side coding, backend stuff, etc.

Answer 3

Well from the names I'd say a web designer would be someone who uses editing software like Photoshop to design the look of the webpage. A web developer would be one who takes the web designers design and turns it into an actual thing.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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